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Month: August 2012

Still waiting on better wait times

Still waiting on better wait times

Despite Canada spending nearly $200 billion on health care in 2011, recent studies like the 2012 Wait Time Alliance Report Card show efforts to improve hospital wait times have reached a plateau. Next week, many of Canada’s leading health-care decision  …

NFL coming to Western

NFL coming to Western

The NFL is making their way to Western next month, part of a seven-campus visit across Ontario and Quebec to support and celebrate Canadian university football.

Ivey professor earns top educator award

Ivey professor earns top educator award

Earlier this month the renowned Academy of Management presented Ivey professor Paul Beamish with their International Management Outstanding Educator Award.

Retired professor hits the stage

Retired professor hits the stage

So, what does a retired professor do with his spare time? For John Palmer, who taught economics at Western for 40 years, the answer is take up acting.

Student paper wins national award

Student paper wins national award

Western Law student Dina Milivojevic has won first place in the 2012 Insolvency Institute of Canada’s Law Student Writing Award Competition.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Jie Li

Jie Li, or as her peers at university call her, ‘Sophia,’ graduated King’s University College as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student with a degree in Finance and Global Commerce.

Fall Perspectives on Teaching

Fall Perspectives on Teaching

Academic integrity will be a keynote theme at the Western’s 2012 Fall Perspectives on Teaching conference, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 24.

Experiential learning paying off

Experiential learning paying off

Through the use of the Online Health Program Planner, a tool created by Public Health Ontario, a soon-to-be-implemented peer nutrition education program by and for university students looks to help enhance critical thinking skills.

NFL coming to Western

NFL coming to Western

The NFL is making their way to Western next month, part of a seven-campus visit across Ontario and Quebec to support and celebrate Canadian university football.

Ivey professor earns top educator award

Ivey professor earns top educator award

Earlier this month the renowned Academy of Management presented Ivey professor Paul Beamish with their International Management Outstanding Educator Award.

Retired professor hits the stage

Retired professor hits the stage

So, what does a retired professor do with his spare time? For John Palmer, who taught economics at Western for 40 years, the answer is take up acting.

Student paper wins national award

Student paper wins national award

Western Law student Dina Milivojevic has won first place in the 2012 Insolvency Institute of Canada’s Law Student Writing Award Competition.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Jie Li

Jie Li, or as her peers at university call her, ‘Sophia,’ graduated King’s University College as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student with a degree in Finance and Global Commerce.

Fall Perspectives on Teaching

Fall Perspectives on Teaching

Academic integrity will be a keynote theme at the Western’s 2012 Fall Perspectives on Teaching conference, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 24.

Experiential learning paying off

Experiential learning paying off

Through the use of the Online Health Program Planner, a tool created by Public Health Ontario, a soon-to-be-implemented peer nutrition education program by and for university students looks to help enhance critical thinking skills.